A cinematic drama portraying a Georgian obstetrician/ gynacologist providing women’s health services has been awarded Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) on the Gold Coast.
Star of the film April, la Sukhitashvili also won Best Performance at the event on Saturday night.
The international film event honours the cinematic excellence of 78 countries and areas of the Asia Pacific, with films that best reflect their cultural origins and the diversity of the vast region.
In a particularly strong year for women’s stories, the international jury awarded its Jury Grand Prize to All We Imagine as Light by India’s Payal Kapadia.
17th Asia Pacific Screen Awards – WINNERS
BEST FILM
April
Georgia, Italy, France
Directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Produced by David Zerat, Ilan Amouyal, Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Archil Gelovani, Gabriele Moratti, Alexandra Rossi
JURY GRAND PRIZE
All We Imagine as Light
France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Directed by Payal Kapadia
Produced by Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff
BEST YOUTH FILM
Boong
India
Directed by Lakshmipriya Devi
Produced by Alan McAlex, Vikesh Bhutani, Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Shujaat Saudagar
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Missing (Iti Mapukpukaw)
Philippines
Directed by Carl Joseph Papa
Produced by Geo Lomuntad, Dan Villegas
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
No Other Land
Palestine, Norway
Directed by Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham
Produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham
BEST DIRECTOR
Tato Kotetishvili for Holy Electricity
Georgia, Netherlands
BEST SCREENPLAY
Selman Nacar for Hesitation Wound (Tereddüt Çizgisi)
Türkiye, Spain, Romania, France
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Michaël Capron for Mongrel
Taiwan, Singapore, France
BEST PERFORMANCE
Ia Sukhitashvili for April
Georgia, Italy, France
BEST NEW PERFORMER presented by TOP 51 WORLD FILMMAKERS CLUB
Recognising an exceptional debut or sophomore performance in a feature film.
Data Chachua for Panopticon
Georgia, France, Italy, Romania
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARD presented by TOP 51 WORLD FILMMAKERS CLUB
For outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film.
Shambhala
Nepal, France, Norway, Hong Kong, Türkiye, Taiwan, United States of America, Qatar
Directed by Min Bahadur Bham
Produced by Min Bahadur Bham
YOUNG CINEMA AWARD in partnership with NETPAC presented by TOP 51 WORLD FILMMAKERS CLUB
Awarded to an impressive first or second time feature director in recognition of the abundant emerging talent of the Asia Pacific.
Neo Sora for Happyend
Japan, United States of America
FIAPF AWARD
Determined by FIAPF–International Federation of Film Producers Associations for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region.
Cliff Curtis
New Zealand
2024 MPA APSA Film Fund Recipients
Outside Kabul
Animated Documentary
Producer: Estelle Fialon (France)
Watch it Burn
Fiction Feature
Producer: Yulia Evina Bhara (Indonesia)
Producer/Director: Makbul Mubarak
Fuxi: Joy in Four Chapters
Fiction Feature
Cinematographer: Robbin Yuchao Feng (People’s Republic of China)
Director: Jiongjiong Qiu
A Trip to Australia
Fiction/Youth Feature
Producer: Aiko Masubuchi (Japan, USA)
Producer/Screenwriter/Director: Neo Sora
